Comments on: Off to Glacierhttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/
History and sexual politics, 1492 to the presentTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:11:47 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2By: The Virtue Rut – The Madwoman with a Laptophttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1589634
Sat, 03 Aug 2013 04:47:43 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1589634[...] for fun and fitness these days. Zumba? Spin? Z-GoGo? Canoeing in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota? Boxing with bears in a national park? I’m open to anything that will raise both my heart rate and the corners of my mouth. I [...]
]]>By: Historiannhttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1579705
Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:55:35 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1579705We didn’t make it over the border into Waterton Lakes, but we were all over Glacier this week. However, for my money, nothing beats Yellowstone, which has all of the animal encounters (we saw more different animals there last summer), PLUS the geothermal attractions, which are just freakin’ fantastic.

We did see a lot of bears, two of them close-up, in Glacier. All of them were at or near Many Glacier: one juvenile grizz on the road, one massive adult on the mountain, and a juvenile brown bear on the road. (Yellowstone offered more proximity to prey animals like bison and elk, but we did see a wolf there, too.)

Bonus National Monument tagging: we drove home via the eastern route, and therefore took the opportunity to see Little Big Horn National Monument and to eat some Indian tacos for dinner last night.

Still on the road–more when I get home.

]]>By: Indyannahttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1577408
Sat, 27 Jul 2013 01:01:04 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1577408Boundary change: I’ve been wondering this week why we can’t just declare everything that the Wisconsin ice sheet ever sat on “Glacier N.P.,” huh, why? That would add the sites of some of my favorite geology class field trips in Ohio–BelleFOUNTAIN and LYME-a; “Mount (sic) Mansfield,” where I didn’t learn to ski, as well as virtually all of Pennsylvania north of Interstate 80. You’d see these clowns in Washington scrambling to get off the Select Weights and Measures Committee and onto Interior and Insular Affairs. Westerners might have to stop complaining that the federal government “doesn’t own most of the East” so nobody understands back there. Best of all, many more of us would be in, or at least near, this park tonight. We might even declare it a virtual Historiann meet-up. A smashing good use of executive authority, I think, if anybody’s listening down in D.C.
]]>By: Western Davehttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1577108
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:32:08 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1577108Can I use National Monuments? I love El Morro near Ramah, New Mexico. It’s a small, overlooked gem (and one of the oldest National Monuments in the country). Chaco Canyon, Canyonlands, and the fabulous Goosenecks of the San Juan which is a Utah State Park. I also like Three Turkey Ruin which is a Navajo Tribal Park near Canyon de Chelly (which is wonderful in its own right).
]]>By: Matt_Lhttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1568741
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:35:10 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1568741Oh wow, I just checked – Sequoia and Kings Canyon are National Parks, not forests. At any rate, they are highly recommended and have a great trip to glacier. (I’ll be teaching summer school and remodeling the bathroom. harumph.)
]]>By: Matt_Lhttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1568737
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:29:15 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1568737Glacier is fantastic! We took a multi-week family road-trip when I was 11 or 12. All the parks were great, but Arches and Glacier were tops! I remember sleeping in our van because there was a bear family wandering around the campground.

Yosemite is really worthwhile. I have been a couple of times, once when I was really young on a family car camping trip and twice when I was in college to go rock climbing.

My favorite camping trips ever have been the three backpacking trips I did when I a teenager to climb Mt. Whitney. Its not a national park, but do make time to camp in the BLM lands and national forests on the East Side of the Sierra Nevadas. Car camping is great, but backpacking is even better.

]]>By: Clio Bluestockinghttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1568469
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:57:42 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1568469Seneca Falls!
]]>By: Canuck Down Southhttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1568188
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 05:42:49 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1568188I was close to Waterton last week, when I was in Banff National Park and Glacier Provincial Park (only a few hours west of Waterton, on the Canadian side). I know these are Canadian, rather than American, but if you ever get a bit further north, the Columbia Icefields (in Banff NP, between Jasper and Banff), are quite something. Enjoy your trip!
]]>By: koshemboshttp://www.historiann.com/2013/07/20/off-to-glacier/comment-page-1/#comment-1567960
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:59:34 +0000http://www.historiann.com/?p=21526#comment-1567960During the decade we lived in the West and the kids were still home, we systematically visited close to the all western national park. Unbelievable beauty, strength,expanding spaces and mountains to climb.